few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Stage 1: Money
Required Preparation
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Would You Rather Stage 1 Spinner
Would You Rather Stage 1 Recording Sheet

Narrative
The first partner spins to get a group of coins. They write a question that compares the amount they spun to a different group of coins that they make up.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
B. Represent and interpret data.
C. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
D. Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
E. Describe and compare measurable attributes.
F. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
G. Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
H. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
I. Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
J. Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
K. Tell and write time.
L. Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
M. Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
N. Work with time and money.
O. Relate addition and subtraction to length.


Thought: In this problem, students work with money in the form of coins.
Answer: N

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.

Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.

Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers.

Perform operations on vectors.

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.

Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.

Perform operations on matrices and use matrices in applications.

Represent and model with vector quantities.

Use complex numbers in polynomial identities and equations.

Represent complex numbers and their operations on the complex plane.
problem_activity: Activity
This is the final task in a series that leads students toward a general procedure for dividing fractions. Students verify previous observations about the steps for dividing non-unit fractions (namely, multiplying by the denominator and dividing by the numerator) and contrast the results with those found using diagrams. They then generalize these steps as an algorithm and apply it to answer other division questions.
As students discuss in their groups, listen to their observations and explanations. Select students with clear explanations to share later.
Digital
Launch
Arrange students in groups of 2. Give students 5–7 minutes of quiet think time and 2–3 minutes to share their response with their partner. Provide access to colored pencils. Some students may find it helpful to identify whole groups and partial groups on a tape diagram by coloring.
Students using the digital materials can use an applet to investigate division of fractions.
Representation: Internalize Comprehension.
Provide additional examples and counterexamples to illustrate concepts. Students may benefit from additional examples of division problems that they can “test” to reinforce understanding of their conclusion about how to divide a number by any fraction.
Supports accessibility for: Visual-spatial processing; Organization
Conversing, Representing: MLR8 Discussion Supports.
Provide the following sentence frames for students to use when they share their response with their partner: “I know there are ___
\(\frac18\)
s in
\(\frac34\)
because….”, “I drew the diagram like this ___ because.…”, and “First, I ___ because….”. This will help students produce statements that describe how to divide a number by any fraction.
Design Principle(s): Cultivate conversation; Support sense-making
Student Facing
Work with a partner. One person works on the questions labeled “Partner A” and the other person works on those labeled “Partner B.”
Partner A:
Find the value of each expression by completing the diagram.
\(\frac 34 \div \frac 18\)
How many
\(\frac 18\)
s in
\(\frac 34\)
?
[IMG]
\(\frac {9}{10} \div \frac 35\)
How many
\(\frac 35\)
s in
\(\frac{9}{10}\)
?
[IMG]
Use the applet to confirm your answers and explore your own examples.
Partner B:
Elena said: “If I want to divide 4 by
\(\frac 25\)
, I can multiply 4 by 5 and then divide it by 2 or multiply it by
\(\frac 12\)
.”
Find the value of each expression using the strategy Elena described.
\(\frac 34 \div \frac 18\)
\(\frac{9}{10} \div \frac35\)
What do you notice about the diagrams and expressions? Discuss with your partner.
Complete this sentence based on what you noticed:
To divide a number
\(n\)
by a fraction
\(\frac {a}{b}\)
, we can multiply
\(n\)
by ________ and then divide the product by ________.
Select
all
equations that represent the statement you completed.
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot b \div a\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b}= n \boldcdot a \div b\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot \frac {a}{b}\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot \frac {b}{a}\)
Student Response
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Print
Launch
Arrange students in groups of 2. Give students 5–7 minutes of quiet think time and 2–3 minutes to share their response with their partner. Provide access to colored pencils. Some students may find it helpful to identify whole groups and partial groups on a tape diagram by coloring.
Students using the digital materials can use an applet to investigate division of fractions.
Representation: Internalize Comprehension.
Provide additional examples and counterexamples to illustrate concepts. Students may benefit from additional examples of division problems that they can “test” to reinforce understanding of their conclusion about how to divide a number by any fraction.
Supports accessibility for: Visual-spatial processing; Organization
Conversing, Representing: MLR8 Discussion Supports.
Provide the following sentence frames for students to use when they share their response with their partner: “I know there are ___
\(\frac18\)
s in
\(\frac34\)
because….”, “I drew the diagram like this ___ because.…”, and “First, I ___ because….”. This will help students produce statements that describe how to divide a number by any fraction.
Design Principle(s): Cultivate conversation; Support sense-making
Student Facing
Work with a partner. One person works on the questions labeled “Partner A” and the other person works on those labeled “Partner B.”
Partner A: Find the value of each expression by completing the diagram.
\(\frac 34 \div \frac 18\)
How many
\(\frac 18\)
s in
\(\frac 34\)
?
[IMG]
\(\frac {9}{10} \div \frac 35\)
How many
\(\frac 35\)
s in
\(\frac{9}{10}\)
?
[IMG]
Partner B:
Elena said, “If I want to divide 4 by
\(\frac 25\)
, I can multiply 4 by 5 and then divide it by 2 or multiply it by
\(\frac 12\)
.”
Find the value of each expression using the strategy Elena described.
\(\frac 34 \div \frac 18\)
\(\frac{9}{10} \div \frac35\)
What do you notice about the diagrams and expressions? Discuss with your partner.
Complete this sentence based on what you noticed:
To divide a number
\(n\)
by a fraction
\(\frac {a}{b}\)
, we can multiply
\(n\)
by ________ and then divide the product by ________.
Select
all
the equations that represent the sentence you completed.
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot b \div a\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b}= n \boldcdot a \div b\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot \frac {a}{b}\)
\(n \div \frac {a}{b} = n \boldcdot \frac {b}{a}\)
Student Response
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for free access to Student Response.
Activity Synthesis
Invite a couple of students to share their conclusion about how to divide a number by any fraction. Then, review the sequence of reasoning that led us to this conclusion using both numerical examples and algebraic statements throughout. Remind students that in the past few activities, we learned that:
Dividing by a whole number
\(n\)
is the same as multiplying by a unit fraction
\(\frac{1}{n}\)
(e.g., dividing by 5 is the same as multiplying by
\(\frac15\)
).
Dividing by a unit fraction
\(\frac{1}{n}\)
is the same as multiplying by a whole number
\(n\)
(e.g., dividing by
\(\frac 17\)
is the same as multiplying by 7).
Dividing by a fraction
\(\frac{a}{b}\)
is the same as multiplying by a unit fraction
\(\frac{1}{a}\)
and multiplying by a whole number
\(b\)
, which is the same as multiplying by
\(\frac ba\)
(e.g., dividing by
\(\frac57\)
is the same as multiplying by
\(\frac 15\)
, and then by 7. Performing these two steps gives the same result as multiplying by
\(\frac75\)
).
Finish the discussion by trying out the generalized method with other fractions such a
\(18\div\frac97\)
, or
\(\frac{15}{14}\div\frac{5}{2}\)
. Explain that although we now have a reliable and efficient method to divide any number by any fraction, sometimes it is still easier and more natural to think of the quotient in terms of a multiplication problem with a missing factor and to use diagrams to find the missing factor.


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